Award underappreciated, University president says

Although Waterloo received its share of kudos yesterday after being named Intelligent Community of the Year, David Johnston suspects many people don't appreciate the significance of the award.

"It's a great day for us. I'm just thrilled," said the president of the University of Waterloo. But Johnston added: "I'm not sure we really understand how significant this is. We were up against the best in the world and we came up with gold. I think it's remarkable and it will be much better understood outside the community rather than within."

The lack of recognition, he said, is partly because "we Canadians...

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